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Is fighting cybercrime a losing battle for today’s CISO?

CyberSecurity Insiders

While it may be of little comfort – you are not alone – it’s equally difficult for other businesses to compete with the hugely successful and profitable business of cybercrime. But the reality is that even brochureware sites offer rich assets for cybercriminals keen to harvest user passwords and credentials.

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Who’s Hacking You?

Webroot

One of the reasons why there’s so much cybercrime is because there are so many ways for cybercriminals to exploit vulnerabilities and circumvent even the best defenses. Take a deep dive into the three main hacker types and get tips on how to defend against them by downloading the e-book, Hacker Personas: a deeper Look Into Cybercrime.

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LogoKit update – The phishing kit leveraging Open Redirect Vulnerabilities

Security Affairs

LogoKit – Threat actors leveraging Open Redirect Vulnerabilities popular in online services and apps to bypass spam filters in phishing campaigns. While LogoKit is known for a while in the underground, at least since 2015, the cybercrime group behind it is constantly leveraging new tactics. Resecurity, Inc.

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“My Slice”, an Italian adaptive phishing campaign

Security Affairs

The propounded web page is highly customized ([link] and looks like a form with logos and names of the targeted organization with a preset e-mail address and a password field to be typed. Following the request, you end up handing over your login information to the scammers while being redirected to your organization’s home page.

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Cybercriminal greeners from Iran attack companies worldwide for financial gain

Security Affairs

As the attackers usually need several attempts to brute force passwords and gain access to the RDP, it is important to enable account lockout policies by limiting the number of failed login attempts per user. Therefore, the default RDP port 3389 should be edited by changing it to any other. This post is available at: [link].

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FBI warns of ransomware gang – What you need to know about the OnePercent group

CyberSecurity Insiders

Ransomware attacks like the ones carried out by OnePercent Group have been crippling businesses across the country since the FBI first reported a 37% uptick in cybercrime in 2018. Employee education is a critical element of phishing prevention and threat detection. Ransomware is then downloaded and the breach is underway.

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Lapsus$ Attack on Okta: How to Evaluate the Impact to your Organization

Security Boulevard

Microsoft and Okta disclosed breaches this week involving Lapsus$, a cybercrime group that has made headlines multiple times in recent months for attacks against corporations including NVIDIA, Ubisoft, Samsung, and Vodafone. The threat actor compromised information from up to 366 Okta customers. Reset password for Okta admins.